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Police detain Justice Darboe, reporter of The Voice

Justice Darboe of The Voice is currently under police custody charged with false publication and broadcasting. The detention is in relation to a publication...

Tidal Floods Destroy Sutukoba Rice Fields

By Kebba AF Touray Information received by Foroyaa on Friday, 20 September 2024 indicate that tidal flooding caused by recent heavy downpours, have destroyed rice...

NAWEC to Receive Electricity Supply from Guinea through OMVG

By Makutu Manneh After meeting with President Adama Barrow, Elhadji Lansana Fofana, the High Commissioner of the Organisation for the Development of the Gambia River...

Gambia Owes Senelec over D100 Million

By Kebba AF Touray The Gambia’s Petroleum Minister, Nani Juwara has said that the Gambia currently owes Senelec CFA10 Billion (approximately One Hundred and Twenty...

Senegalo-Gambian Secretariat Tasked to Monitor Border Demarcation

By Kebba AF Touray Vice President Muhammad BS Jallow has said that the Senegalo-Gambian Secretariat has been tasked to monitor the border demarcation between Gambia...

Migrant boat capsizes off Libyan Coast

By Biran Gaye A migrant boat has capsized off the coast of Qazahiyah, Libya, with the Libyan Marine Unit rescuing a dozen of migrants. According to...

Gam Petroleum Operating Without License, Says General Manager 

By Kebba AF Touray Mr. Yero Jallow, the General Manager (GM) of Gam Petroleum, said his institution has since its inception been operating without a...

14 Gambian migrants languishing in Morocco detention centre

By Biran Gaye At least 14 Gambian migrants have been detained in Morocco following the interception of their boat in the Tunisian sea almost a...

Gambian migrants’ boat in distress in Tunisian sea

By Biran Gaye A migrant boat carrying 44 Gambians is reportedly in distress in the Tunisian sea caused by an engine breakdown. Ebrima Drammeh, a migration...

Pateh’s Story: Challenging Injustice All The Way to Human Rights Commission

By Yankuba Jallow Pateh Bah lives in Buduk Village, Nianija District, Central River Region North. He stays with his wife and children. He is a...

Bar not pleased with exclusive approach in preparing the new Draft...

The Gambia Bar Association has indicated in a press release that the approach of the executive in preparing the new Draft Constitution is not...

Gambia-Senegal Strike Compromise to Foster Interstate Trade

By Assan Bah The Gambia and Senegal have agreed to cooperate to resolve the border issue following their Tuesday meeting in Mansakonko, Lower River Region. A...

Insight into Non-Enforcement of Tobacco Control Act 2016  

By Nelson Manneh  In December 2016, the Gambia government adopted an Act called the Tobacco Control Act which entered into force on December 17, 2018....

Jabang Residents Call for Urgent Intervention by Gov’t to Resolve Land...

By Assan Bah The residents of Jabang in the West Coast Region (WCR) have called on the Gambia government to intervene in their long-standing land...

African migrants, refugees face terrible conditions in Tunisia as raids continue

By Biran Gaye Dozens of sub-Saharan migrants and refugees are living in heartbreaking conditions in Tunisia, facing severe difficulties in accessing basic necessities as local...

GAF Detains Former Brigadier General Colley

By Hatab Nyang The Gambia Armed Forces have confirmed that a former Brigadier General, who left the Gambia Armed Forces following the departure of Yahya...

Senegalese Transport Union Calls Off Protest over Introduction of Truck Tracking...

By Nelson Manneh  Members of the Senegalese transport union have embarked on a strike to stopping Gambian vehicles from leaving or entering Senegal. The Gambia Government...

Flood Inundates Brikama Market Displacing Traders, Vendors

By Louise Jobe  Street and market vendors, hawkers and other traders are affected by run-off water at the Brikama Market. The populated market is a center...

Gambia’s Net Borrowing Stands at D41 Billion

By Kebba AF Touray Seedy Keita, the Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs, said the Gambia Government’s net borrowing stands at Forty-One Billion Dalasi. Net borrowing...

43 Gambians survive, others die in shipwreck off Mauritania 

By Biran Gaye  At least 43 Gambians have survived and 15 died including a pregnant woman in the shipwreck off Mauritania on Monday. Ndumbeh Saho, Director...